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Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration (www.businessinsider.com)
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Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration::Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay โ€” others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.

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[โ€“] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago

Wages versus other wages isn't the zero-sum game, in fact it's the opposite. When they do better we all do better in labor getting a bigger piece of the economic output pie.